Australia has experienced the biggest sustained rainfall for 30 years in Sydney and the surrounding areas, causing flooding after a summer of extreme heat and deadly bushfires.

Sonali Paul and Jonathan Barrett · Reuters 11 Feb 2020

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Water shortage in Africa is a deadly problem - but this innovative solution could change that

High-tech solar pumps record real-time data such as energy usage and pump speed in each location, which is used to calculate groundwater extraction rates and levels

Nita Bhalla · This is place 04 Feb 2020

Climate Change

As the climate warms, wine-growing regions are at risk. Here's how diversity can save them

A new study finds that 85% of the world's wine-growing regions will be threatened if global warming reaches 4C, with Italy, Spain and Australia hardest hit.

Thin Lei Win and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 30 Jan 2020

Water

3 actions business leaders can take to help solve our water crisis

Almost one-quarter of the global population will face a water crisis of some kind. Corporate leaders can play a big part in tackling these problems; here's a guide.

Callie Stinson and Jane Nelson 20 Jan 2020

How to Save the Planet

Europe’s lakes and rivers are under threat - but it’s not too late to save them

More than 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction, and freshwater species are particularly threatened.

Jonas Ekblom · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 17 Jan 2020

SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy

Could the Sahara turn Africa into a solar superpower?

Installing solar panels in the Sahara desert in North Africa could provide renewable energy to millions of Europeans at low cost to the environment.

Will de Freitas · The Conversation 17 Jan 2020

Environment and Natural Resource Security

2019 was the oceans' hottest year on record

From coral bleaching and rising sea levels to increased marine heatwaves and more powerful storms, climate change is destroying our ocean ecosystems - harming people just as much as the f...

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 16 Jan 2020

Water

Severe drought is leaving this town in Zimbabwe thirsty

Residents of Zimbabwe's Bulawayo are being made to live without running water as the extended drought hampers the town's water resources.

Lungelo Ndhlovu · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Jan 2020

Climate Change

The terror of Australia’s bushfires in 3 stark graphics

After severe drought and extreme temperatures, the fire season in Australia this year has brought unprecedented deforestation.

Shayanne Gal and Aylin Woodward · Business Insider 10 Jan 2020

Water

A 6-year drought has devastated South Africa’s wildlife

With South African temperatures rising at twice the global average rate, drought is ruining crops - in turn killing animals which fuel the safari industry.

Tanisha Heiberg and Onke Ngcuka · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 08 Jan 2020

Climate Change

England’s beavers are back, and they've already made a big impact

Beavers were hunted to extinction in England centuries ago but have returned in a river in the southwest where researchers are trying to understand if they have a positive or negative eff...

Katharine Rooney 06 Jan 2020

Climate Change

This organization is blowing up dams to save America’s rivers

There’s a wellspring of support for the removal of outdated dams from America’s rivers, which lets the water flow free once more.

Kate Whiting 18 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Australia’s bushfires have pumped out half a year's CO2 emissions

Bushfires raging in the states of New South Wales and Queensland have emitted 250 million tonnes of CO2. Experts say climate change is fuelling extreme weather.

Douglas Broom 17 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Severe droughts are putting Bangladeshi farm labourers out of work

The landless Oraon minority of northwest Bangladesh have traditionally earned a living labouring in local paddy fields, but are struggling as that work dries up due to water shortages.

Rafiqul Islam · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Dec 2019

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